Display box



June 1, 1937.

H. v. COSTIGVAN DISPLAY BOX Filed 001.. l, 1955 WITNESS flTTOR/VEY aboveand to the rear-of another so that the en-.

Patented June 1, 1937 PATENT OFFICE DIsPLAY Box Harry V. Costigan, Brown& Bailey Philadelphia,.Pa., assignor to v 1 Company,

corporation of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa., a

Application October 1, 1935,- Serial No. 42,997

j 7 Claims. (01. 206-45) This invention relates to display boxes ofcardboard or other relatively stiff sheet material adapted forsupporting indisplay positions, as

on a retail sales counter, "a plurality of small individual packages ofgoods such, for example; as candy, salted nuts'or the like, and moreparticularly to boxes of that character providing a plurality ofcompartments in each of which several such package'smaybe arranged intiers one tire stock of goodsin the box'may be maintained on display andindividual packages re-' moved for sale or examination when desired;Boxes of thisgene'ral type usually comprise a transversely extendingpartition wall dividing the space within the box into front and rearcom-' partments and thus separating adjacent tiers-of packages, as'wellas a suitable insert disposed in the bottom of the rear compartment toprovide an elevated false bottom therefor and thereby raise the goodstherein somewhat above the goods in the front compartment, so that theupper parts of the packages in the rear compartment are rendered visibleabove and behind those'in the front one.

Boxes of this general character are satisfactory when the front and therear compartments are filled or substantially filled with goods ondisplay as the partition separating the compartments is then affordedadequate support by the goods. But when all or most of the packages ineither the front or rear compartment have been ,removed therefrom, thoseremaining in the other compartment frequently bear against the partitionwithsufiicient force to displace it and permit the packages to fall overor become disarranged from their proper display positionin the box.

A principal object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide abox of, the character aforesaid including a transverse partitiondividing it into front and rear compartments but embodying means forholding the partition in up right position in the box even when one orboth compartments are; devoid of or only partially filled with goods. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a box embodying meanscooperative with the transverse partition for retaining the latterupright in the box and a rear display flap adapted for dispositionrelatively to said means in such manner that it will be retained therebyin proper display position with relation to the remainder of the box. I

Other objects, purposes and, advantages of the invention willhereinafter more fully appear or be understood from the followingdescription of a preferred embodiment thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a top plan view of the cutand scored box blank prior to being formed up into thecompleted box;

Fig. 2 is a like view of the blank for forming an insert which may bedisposed in the rear compartment of the box to elevate the goods thereinwith relation to those in the front compartment; Fig.3 is a transversesection on theline 33 in Fig. 4 of theformedp insert disposed therein; v

Fig. 4; is a front elevation of the said box, and Fig. 5is a fragmentarytop plan View thereof.

lines to indicate score lines in the blanks shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

v Referring now more particularly to the draw ing, the box shown thereinis made of relatively heavy cardboard although any other suitable stiffsheet material may be employed if preferred, the customary blanking andlike operations being utilized for making the box and insert'blanks andproviding therein the desired score lines and folds in the ordinary Way.p The blank B of which the box proper is formed comprises asubstantially rectangular rear wall I to one edge of which is attached adisplay flap 2 defined from the rear wall by a score 3. A glue ing tab 4defined therefrom by a score 5, pro jects from another edge of thiswall, while a bottom flap-6 projects from a third finedtherefrom by ascore I. The fourth edge of the rear wall adjoins a side wall 8 at score9, and to one end of this side wall is hinged a bottom tab I I] on scoreI I and at its opposite end a triangular flap I3 on score I4, a slot I5being provided in flap I3 for a purpose which will hereafter appear. I

v A front wall I6 is defined from the shorter side edge of. sidewall 8by a score I! and carries a bottom flap I8 beyondscore I9 and an innerfront rein-forcing flap 20. beyond the parallel score 2|; at theopposite edge of this flap beyond score 22 is a bottom reinforcing flap23 and in turn beyond that the partition wall 24 from which it isseparated by score 25. I

At the opposite end of front wall I6 and hinged thereto at score 26, isanother side wall 21 similar but oppositely disposed with respect. toside wall 8, this wall carrying at one of its ends a box with theformed-up edge and is detriangular fiap 28 defined from it by score 29and provided with a slot 30 and a bottom tab 3|, defined by score 32, atits other end.

For purposes which will hereinafter appear, the bottom flaps 6 and I8attached to the rear and front walls are respectively provided withcooperative slots 34 and tongues 35 for insertion in the latter, whilethe side edges of partition 24 near its outeror free extremity arepreferably slightly out out or indented as at 36, 3B.

The blank B, having been cut and scored substantially as heretoforedescribed, may be ma= nipulated up the box: It is first bent at rightangles on scores 9, l1 and 26 and gluing tab 4 then bent on score 5 andglued or otherwise mechan-icallyse' cured along the outer or free edgeof side wall 21 so as to maintain the rear and front walls I, I6 andthetwo side walls 8, 21 respectively in substantial parallelism. The bottomtabs I'll, 3| are now folded inwardly into the area defined by the saidwalls and the bottom flaps .6, l8 folded over them and secured togetherby entering tongues 35 in slots 34. Next the flaps 20, 23 are foldedoppositely inwardly and partition 24 folded upwardly approximatelyparallel to the front and rear walls as shown in Fig. 3 so that thepartition divides the box into two substantially equal transversecompartments a, b. The rear compartment a is preferably provided with afalse bottom or insert desirably formed from a blank B of the characterof that shown in Fig. 2, and thus comprising side fiaps 3.1 andend-flaps 38 carrying reinforcing tongues 39 which cooperate to supportthe central panel 40 in thebox when the fiaps and tongues are foldedalong. the scores 41, 42 to produce a rectangular open boxlike structurewhich may be inverted and fitted into the bottom of the rear compartmenta for supporting the goods therein at a level above that of the goods inthe front compartment.

The support for, partition 24 to which reference has been made isaiforded by triangular flaps l3 and 28 which are next folded inwardly.and downwardly in such manner as to enterthe ends of the partition intheir slots l5 and 30, the inner ends of which are engaged by theshoulders at the ends of the cut-outs 36. After the partsare. soarranged, triangular flaps l3 and 28 tend to spring. away from the sidewalls to some extent, exaggerated in the drawing, and thus providerelatively firm fore-and-aft support for the partition whereby collapseor material inclination of the latter toward the front of the boxthrough pressure of the goods in the rear compartment after removal ofthose in the front compartment is prevented while its collapse ormaterial inclination in the opposite direction is similarly prevented,though in this .case aided to some extent by the false bottom, althoughof course in practice it is usually customary to remove the goods fromthe front compartment first.

These triangular flaps I3, 28 are moreover of assistance in retainingthe display flap '2, attached to the upper edge of the rear wall, indisplay position, i. e., folded inwardly and downwardly on score 3against the rear wall, since the parts are preferably so proportionedthat it may be readily inserted behind the rear vertical edges of theflaps and thereby held substantially flat against that wall as bestshown in Figs. 3 and 4;

While I have herein described my invention with considerableparticularity and especially with-reference to a box of specificcharacter havas follows in the operation of forming the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim anddesire to protect byLetters Patent of the United States:

1. A display box having a bottom, front, sides (and back, a partitioninterposed between the "front and back of the box,

reinforcing fiaps interposed between the lower edge of the partition andthe upper edge of the front operative to retain the lower edge of thepartition in spaced relation to the front and back of the box, and flapscarried by the sides having slots receiving the upper portions of thepartition operative to retain it in substantial parallelism with thefront and back.

2. A display box comprising front and rear walls, a bottom, and sidewalls having their upper edges extending upwardly and rearwardly fromthe front wall, slotted triangular flaps depending from said edges ofthe a partition extending substantially from one side wall to the otherengaged in the slots in said fiaps to thereby hold the partition insubstantially upright positionin the box.

3. A display box comprising front and rear walls, a bottom, and sidewalls having their upper edges extending upwardly and rearwardly fromthe front wall, slotted flaps inwardly depending from the upper edges ofthe side walls, and a partition extending substantially from one sidewall to the other having notches at its upper lateral edges cooperativewith the slots in said flaps to hold the partition in substantiallyupright position in the box.

4. In a display box having a bottom, front, sides, and back, anupstanding partition interposed between the front and back of the boxhaving notches at its upper corners, and fiaps carried by the sideshaving slots receiving the notched corners of the partition to therebyretain the latter in upstanding position.

.5. A display box comprising a front and a rear wall, a display panelhinged to the latter, a bottom, side walls, slotted flaps inwardlydepending from the latter, and a partition extending substantially fromone side wall to the other and engaged in the slots in the flaps tothereby hold it in substantially upright position, said flaps operatingto hold the display panel adjacent the rear wall when said panel isfolded downwardly into substantial parallelism therewith.

6. A display box comprising a front and a rear wall, a display panelhinged to the latter, a bottom, side walls, slotted flaps inwardlydepending from the latter, and a partition extending substantially fromone side wall to the other and engaged in the slots in the flaps tothereby hold it in substantially upright position, said display panelbeing engageable between the rear edges of said flaps and the rear wallof the box when folded downwardly to display position.

I. A box blank comprising substantially rectangular portionsrespectively adapted to form the front and back of a box,interengageable portions respectively carried by said portions cosidewalls, and r operable to form the bottom of the box, other portionsadapted to form the sides of the box having slotted triangular flapsadapted to be folded inwardly toward the respectively adjacent sides ofthe box, a portion carried by the front wall portion adapted to overliesaid wall and a.

part of the bottom within the box and another portion hinged to the lastmentioned portion adapted to form within the box a partition extendingsubstantially normal to its bottom and engaging in the slots in saidflaps.

HARRY V. COSTIGAN.

